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10 October 2012, 01:20 AM
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Was just thinking a bag of chips was 40p when i was a kid, it's now around 1.30ish.
Will prices ever come down, just the same way they tend to go up with inflation etc????
Will prices ever come down, just the same way they tend to go up with inflation etc????
10 October 2012, 08:12 AM
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10 October 2012, 09:26 AM
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A bag of chips was a shilling when I was a kid. A Mars bar was fourpence.
When I was 18 and in the RAF, I could get three pints and a packet of crisps for a quid.
I could get a night out in the pub plus Chinese takeaway, all for a fiver. (I'm 54)
When I was 18 and in the RAF, I could get three pints and a packet of crisps for a quid.
I could get a night out in the pub plus Chinese takeaway, all for a fiver. (I'm 54)
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10 October 2012, 04:51 PM
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When I were a lad......chips were 4d or 6d, my dad used to send me in for them 'cos I was little and skinny, I got more chips for 4d than he would have got for 6d.
4d is less than 2p, and 6d is 2.5p
A fish was 1/3d, around 5.5-6p, and a pie was 9d, less than 4p.
I STILL earnestly believe that the true start of inflation in this country came when we converted to decimal currency and the government of the day did NOTHING to stop profiteering.
I mean........would anyone born pre decimal currency actually pay 12/- for a Cadbury's Flake? or £1 6/- for a bag of chips?
Mind, over here I'm paying nearly as much for a lb of meat for the farm dog as I USED to pay per lb for fillet steak.........
4d is less than 2p, and 6d is 2.5p
A fish was 1/3d, around 5.5-6p, and a pie was 9d, less than 4p.
I STILL earnestly believe that the true start of inflation in this country came when we converted to decimal currency and the government of the day did NOTHING to stop profiteering.
I mean........would anyone born pre decimal currency actually pay 12/- for a Cadbury's Flake? or £1 6/- for a bag of chips?
Mind, over here I'm paying nearly as much for a lb of meat for the farm dog as I USED to pay per lb for fillet steak.........
10 October 2012, 09:29 PM
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Hadn't had a bag of chips in years, until we were out with the kids last weekend, and my wife made a suggestion that we should grab a bag of chips - bag of chips in the town where we live £2.20.
kinda puts paid to the saying cheap as chips!!!!
kinda puts paid to the saying cheap as chips!!!!
10 October 2012, 11:13 PM
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No, the prices won't come down unless the population boycotts chips. Greasy chips on chip paper were, I think, .70p in early 90's. Not into chips myself, but I'd get a little cone for .50p, if I had to. Wasn't it in early 2000 when the price for chips just shot up due to the potato shortage or something? I think people were eating too many chips, which caused the shortage. Then the price remained at that level for a long time. Now, it has gone up again due to recession, perhaps. I think chips will go more and more expensive; day by day. No chance of them going cheaper again.
10 October 2012, 11:25 PM
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I remember getting chips and gravy in a tray for five pence - the chips were four pee and the gravy was free, but you had to buy the tray for a penny to keep it all together.
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10 October 2012, 11:36 PM
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10 October 2012, 11:54 PM
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Awww! This thread is so cool for going back into the times when the chips were cheap.
I am loving old times stories. Wait till PS comes in and tells us that he used to buy chips for a farthing
Easily pleased, aren't we, Tubs?
I think I'm in a good mood. All this memorylane-ish talk about chips is heartwarming! Not my cup of tea (err......sorry. Not my tray of chips, I mean) these chips are, but I am enjoying the conversation about them.
11 October 2012, 12:17 AM
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I'd grab a bag of scratchings from the chippy on my way home from school. Freebies.
We'd walk home together and see who got the best bits. I used to get the occasional chip or piece of fish. Them were the days. Could leave the back door unlocked,neighbours would wander in for a cup of tea and a game of cards. Happy days. Mind you, we didn't have Jimmy Savile as a neighbour.
We'd walk home together and see who got the best bits. I used to get the occasional chip or piece of fish. Them were the days. Could leave the back door unlocked,neighbours would wander in for a cup of tea and a game of cards. Happy days. Mind you, we didn't have Jimmy Savile as a neighbour.
11 October 2012, 03:13 AM
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MARS BAR CROSS RATES
Mars Bar Morris 8 / Mini Roast Beef at Simpsons Graduate joining
ICI (per year)
1940 0.83p £160 OR 19,200MB 20p or 24MB £275 or 33,132MB
1960 2.5p £530 or 21,200MB 43p or 17MB £775 or 31,000MB
1981 15p £2,900 or 19,333MB £5.95 or 39MB £5,700 or 38,000MB
1983 17p £3,100 or 18,235MB £6.45 or 38MB £7,040 or 41,411MB
2012 59p £11870 or 20,118 MB
Since 1940 to 2012 mars bar cost has risen 7100% or 1%/year
The mini has a similar cost increase of 7418%
Mars Bar Morris 8 / Mini Roast Beef at Simpsons Graduate joining
ICI (per year)
1940 0.83p £160 OR 19,200MB 20p or 24MB £275 or 33,132MB
1960 2.5p £530 or 21,200MB 43p or 17MB £775 or 31,000MB
1981 15p £2,900 or 19,333MB £5.95 or 39MB £5,700 or 38,000MB
1983 17p £3,100 or 18,235MB £6.45 or 38MB £7,040 or 41,411MB
2012 59p £11870 or 20,118 MB
Since 1940 to 2012 mars bar cost has risen 7100% or 1%/year
The mini has a similar cost increase of 7418%
